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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

scan

Does 'scan' have two opposite meaning?
  

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It can mean to look carefully and in detail and also to look quickly but not thoroughly . Is this what you had in mind?

— Blue Jay

  • It can mean to look carefully and in detail and also to look quickly but not thoroughly .
  • Is this what you had in mind?
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It can mean to look carefully and in detail and also to look quickly but not thoroughly. Is this what you had in mind?
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They are indeed somewhat contradictory Emotion: smile
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Blue JayThey are indeed somewhat contradictory
While I was studying for a Masters degree in "Reading Consultant" back in the 1970s we were careful to use skim and scan as opposites.
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